OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999607
E GI III,OVERHEAD POWER LINE,ELECTRICAL,CPR,ELECTROCUTED,UNTRAINED,TREE TRIMMING,AERIAL LIFT
Event description
ELECTRIC SHOCK - DIRECT CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE
Investigation abstract
A TREE WORKER WAS WORKING FROM THE BUCKET OF AN AERIAL LIFT MOUNTED ON A 1978 FO RD F350 CUSTOM TRUCK. HE WAS TRIMMING TREES WITH A CHAIN SAW WITHIN 3 OR 4 FEET OF A 7200-VOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE EMPLOYEE CONTACTED THE OVERHEAD LINE THR OUGH EITHER HIS HEAD OR HIS HAND. HIS THIGH WAS CONTACTING METAL BOLTS INSIDE TH E BUCKET, AND THE AERIAL LIFT WAS NOT INSULATED. ATTEMPTS AT CARDIOPULMONARY RES USCITATION WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THE EMPLOYEE DIED OF ELECTROCUTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 10
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 13
- Source
- 15
- Occupation code
- 486
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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